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5.3MAG

MODERATE EARTHQUAKE

89 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska

17 days ago

USGSTSUNAMI THREAT

A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck 89 km SSW of Nikolski, Alaska on 01 Sept 2026, 06:44 UTC. The hypocentre was 26 km below the surface — shallow by seismological convention. No felt reports have been received so far. The reporting agency flagged a tsunami threat for this event; follow official warnings rather than this page. 38 other earthquakes above our reporting threshold have been recorded within 250 km in the past 30 days.

Depth: 26 km
Latitude: 52.21°N
Time: 06:44 UTC
Magnitude: M5.3

EPICENTRE

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MAGNITUDE 5.3

Can damage poorly constructed buildings; well-built structures usually escape with little harm.

The scale is logarithmic: this released about 89 times the energy of a magnitude 4.0, roughly the energy of 1 thousand tonnes of TNT.

26 KM DEEP

Shallow earthquakes release their energy close to the surface, so they are felt more strongly, and do more damage, than deeper earthquakes of the same magnitude.